Assen (NL)

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Assen is a municipality and a city in the northeastern Netherlands, and is the capital of the province of Drenthe. It received city rights in 1809. Assen's main claim to fame is the TT Circuit Assen the motorcycle racing circuit, where on the last Saturday in June the Dutch TT is run.


Read more @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assen

Postmark Examples

Postmark Assen 18xx. Stampset Stampset.png
Coded Postal Obliterator nr 9 (= Assen) c.1867. Stampset Stampset.png
Postmark Assen 1874. Stampset Stampset.png
Postmark ASSEN 1885. Stampset Stampset.png
Postmark Assen 1897. Stampset Stampset.png
Postmarks Assen, 29 NOV 1901. See also the StampSet at Stampset.png
Postmark Assen, 1904. See also Stampset Stampset.png
Postmark Assen, 1916. Stampset Stampset.png
Two postmarks of Assen 14.1.1994 on "Block Amphilex '77", catalogued as nvph-1141 (1977). Amphilex was an International Stamp Exhibition in RAI-building Amsterdam, 26 May - 5 June, 1977.
Postmark Assen, 23 December 2009, from Business Point W.A.Scholtenstraat, TNT Post.

Machine cancels

Slogan cancel Assen 1975.

Meter cancels

Meter cancel Assen, 1966
Meter cancel Assen, 1978
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Meter cancel Assen, 1987
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Meter cancel Assen, 1987
Meter cancel Assen, 1987
Meter cancel Assen, 1988, National Water Management
Meter cancel Assen, 1990
Meter cancel Assen, 1990
Meter cancel Assen, 1992
Meter cancel Assen, 1997. Butterfly.
Meter cancel Assen, 1999
Meter cancel Assen, 2012. Postal code 9403AH-18 leads to a Thrift Store at Havenkade 18.